Oh really, Zero . . . . ;-)
In Germany in 1932 it looked far from inevitable that the fascist tide was unstoppable. In the elections on November 6th 1932, though still the largest party (but with just 33% of the vote), the NSDAP lost 34 seats (to 196) and 2 million votes.
As William L. Shirer says in "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" Ch. 6,
"For the first time the great Nazi tide was ebbing, and from a point far short of a majority. The legend of invincibility had been shattered. Hitler was in a weaker position to bargain for power than he had been since July".
As AC says, "The future is always open-ended. Even after the event, it can be seen not to have been really inevitable. "
As for your answer to my question up-thread .....
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>> You still haven't answered the question - what kept the peace between 1945 and 1957
>> before the EEC or EU even existed?.
I dont need to answer it, its really clear, the same reason for the break between WW1 and WW2. The need to regroup and rebuild and relaunch hostilities. WW1 never finished, and who is to say WW2 would never have finished in the same way had Europe not taken steps to prevent it.
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All I can say is . . . . keep 'em coming! :-) The idea that we were in Europe were going to "regroup and rebuild and relaunch hostilities" until the EU came along as a knight in shining armour to save us all is just too funny.
I haven't laughed so much at a forum thread in years.
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